Alexandros Avlonitis is a Greek politician who is a member of the Hellenic Parliament. Avlonitis, representative of the Corfu constituency, was first elected MP in the

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with

Syriza The Coalition of the Radical Left – Progressive Alliance (), best known by the syllabic abbreviation SYRIZA ( ; ; a pun on the Greek adverb , meaning "from the roots" or "radically"), is a Centre-left politics, centre-left to Left-wing politi ...

and was re-elected in

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and June 2023.
In November 2024, in the midst of the crisis that erupted during the internal elections for the party's presidency, he resigned and became an

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, protesting against the undemocratic procedures followed in the election of delegates. After a few days he joined the new party of

Stefanos Kasselakis Stefanos Kasselakis (; born 29 March 1988) is a Greek businessman, entrepreneur and politician, who previously served as the leader of Syriza. He is now the leader of the political party " Movement for Democracy" (Κίνημα Δημοκρατί ...

, Movement for Democracy as one of the founding members.

Biography

Avlonitis graduated from

Democritus University of Thrace The Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH; , ΔΠΘ), established in July 1973, is based in Komotini, Greece and has campuses in cities of Xanthi, Komotini, Alexandroupoli, Orestiada, Didymoteicho, Drama, Greece, Drama and Kavala."''The relation b ...

with a BA in Law and has practised law since 1983. He was elected in 2019. From 2007 to 2010, he was the final mayor of a town before it was merged into the municipality of Corfu.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Avlonitis, Alexandros Living people Greek MPs 2023– 1956 births Democritus University of Thrace alumni